Amino Acid Structures (copy)

non-polar, aliphatic R groups

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aromatic R groups

Physicists study Typhoon Trajectories (phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan)

polar, uncharged R groups

alcohols, thiol, amide

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Acidic (negatively charged) R groups

aspartate, glutamate (deprotonated forms of aspartic acid, glutamic acid)

Basic (positively charged) R groups

Lyrical melodies Arise, Hiding inspiration (lysine, arginine, histidine)

Hydrophobic R groups

met, gly, ala, val, leu, ile, pro, phe, trp

Hydrophilic R groups

tyr, ser, thr, cys, asn, gln

Glycine

alanine

valine

leucine

isoleucine

proline

methionine

Phenylalanine

tyrosine

tryptophan

serine

threonine

cysteine

asparagine

glutamine

aspartate

glutamate

lysine

arginine

histidine